Is unresolved PCS the same as CTE?
 

Hi i saw the movie concussion (which was FANTASTIC0and then followed up viewing Dr. Bennet Omalu (who plays the doctor in concussion) speeches on head injuries.

According to Dr. Omalu CTE can develop from as little as 1 MTBI. Is there any additional followup/research on this?

Also is unresolved PCS the same as CTE?

Thanks for any and all insight.

Unresolved PCS is not the same at CTE. Except in rare circumstances, CTE takes years to decades to manifest. Dr Omalu is at the head of the pack for research. A few other locations are pursuing similar research such as Boston/Harvard.

"then followed up viewing Dr. Bennet Omalu (who plays the doctor in concussion) speeches on head injuries." Will Smith plays the doctor who discovered CTE. That doctor is Dr Bennet Omalu.

There is no reason to get anxious about CTE. Your anxiety will be counter to your improvement.

I think you would need lots of hits to the head like boxers get to result in CTE from concussion.

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Actually, CTE can result from much less that a boxer's injuries. But, not a single concussion that causes PCS.

The Concussion movie is based on the written biography of Dr Omalu called 'Concussion'. It is based on the real life of Dr Omalu.

Hi, Mark

So one concussion won't cause CTE?

No. It would take an mTBI (more than a concussion) that disabled the person for a while to cause CTE to develop over time.

Thank you Mark. God bless you!

I thought mTBI and concussion are the same thing?

A concussion can be called an mTBI but mTBI is usually used to describe something worse than a concussion. Brain injury can be viewed along a continuum that incorporates concussion, mild traumatic brain injury, moderate traumatic brain injury and severe traumatic brain injury. There is an overlap between each term.

An mTBI is usually not an injury that the victim can get up and walk away from. There will be immediate symptoms that interrupt normal self-directed function.

mTBI and concussion are used interchangeably where I live.

p.s. the whole naming thing is very confusing when I think about it.
The hand outs that are given to patients in the emergency room setting say "head injury" or "mild head injury".
That seems to be over simplistic really and can be even more confusing.